Unit V

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divine right

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Absolutist kings claimed to rule under this principle, which made them responsible only to God.

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nobility of the sword

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nobility gained from war and from generational conflict

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nobility of the rob

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hand selected nobility from craftmenship

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louis XIV

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absolutist monarch; has control over military (largest standing army in Europe); large beauracracy that's loyal to the king; creates Versailles; creates discord among the nobles to to keep them against each other and out of gov. decisions/authority; admin as well as court person; royal beauracrats as intendants; forces religious conformation; revoes Edict of Nantes

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Cardinel Richelieu

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Royal advisor to King Louis XIII, who increased the taille and the gabelle. He also established a system of intendants to check the nobility's power and made the Huguenots give up their fortified towns.

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intendant system

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Local officials established by Richelieu to watch the nobility. They were soley responsible to the monarch.

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Chateau de versailles

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Louis home

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Edict of Fountainbleau

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This edict of Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and attempted to forcibly convert the Huguenots to Catholicism. Most Huguenots fled France.

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Jean Bapost Colbert

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Louis XIV's minister of finance and highest advisor. He increased the unity of Frances internal market, and its international presence. He represents the epitome of the mercantilist system.

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Balance of power

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Stuggle for power between the nobility and the absolutist in charge

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War of the spanish succession

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Charles II dies w/o heir; Philip II (Louis' grandson) is a strong contender but Louis won't agree to not unite the 2 countries; so William and Leopold form Grand Alliance in 1701 and declare war on France that erupts globally

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Treaty of Utrecht

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1713-1714; ends the War of Spanish Succession; Louis loses but Philip inherits throne and trade opens up b/t the two countries; Louis does agree to not unite the countries

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Carlos II

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Charles II was the last Habsburg ruler of Spain. His realm included Southern Netherlands and Spain's overseas empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies.

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Moriscos

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former Muslims who converted or were coerced into converting to Christianity, after Spain finally outlawed the open practice of Islam

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Serfdom

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a legal and economic system. A serf is a worker who has to stay in one area. Serfs were the lowest social class of the feudal society. Serfs were different from slaves. Serfs could have property.

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muscovy

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moscow like or refering to older russian ways

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Ivan III

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a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'.

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Ivan IV

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Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and Tsar of All the Russias from 1547 until his death in 1584

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Cossacks

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A group of Russian military warriors who still exist today, but without the same military power they had in the past. The word "Cossack" is derived from the Turkic term kazak that means "free man" or "adventurer".

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Boyars

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a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince.

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time of trouble

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succesion to the old russian rulers post mongolanian rule.

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Peter I

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1680s-1720s; ruthless, absolutist ruler of Russia; creates new capital-St. Petersburg; wants to "westernize" Russia; bureaucracy uses Table of Ranks (places people inranks and the ranks determine what office you hold)-becomes aristocracy; pushes aside Duma and give bureacrats control; takes control of Chruch; expands into Estonia, Lavonia, etc. at the expense of Sweden

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Charles VI

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rules after Leopold; dies w/o a male heir; issues Pragmatic Sanction

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Pragmatic Sanction

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declares that all of the Hapsburg lands he controls will be given to Maria Theresa

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Maria Theresa

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daughter of Charles VI; people don't respect her authority; she gets help from the magiars in Hungary (make alliances with her and she agrees to give them autonomy if they give her soldiers and money to fight); learns to rule and how to create a strong state after building up state and power after War of Austrian Succession

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Fredrick WIlliams

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Elector of B.P.; 1640-1713; consolidates B.P. with the help of junkers (trade absolute power for economic profit); realizes that the person who comes out of a war w/ the biggest army is the most powerful; military is extremely important-used to consolidate power

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Fredrick WIlliams I

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King of Prussia; 1713-1740; builds state using the military (policy of the state); "everyone needs to serve the state"

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Fredrick II

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one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen.

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Baroque

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relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. In architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of Versailles and by the work of Bernini in Italy. Major composers include Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel; Caravaggio and Rubens are important baroque artists.

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Diego Velazquez

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a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age.

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Rembrandt van Rijn

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a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history.

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Jan Vermeer

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a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime.

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J.S Bach

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a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation

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George Handel

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a German, later British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.